Fraa Lio

First Appearance and Context

Fraa Lio is introduced as a peer within a Decenarian math alongside Fraa Erasmas, seen in communal settings and in the Mynster during rites leading up to and including Apert. He has been selected for the four‑person winding team that tends the great clock at Provener.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

• Chooses the Order of the New Circle at Eliger and begins an internship in the Warden Fendant’s court under Fraa Delrakhones.
• Intercepts a peer on the stair soon after Eliger to prevent a risky ascent to the starhenge, applying a quick arm‑lock and urging caution; when asked, he declines to reveal the Ita’s schedule.
• Serves on the clock‑winding team during Provener, pushing one of the capstan poles alongside peers such as Fraa Jesry.
• Carries out practical chores around the concent; after a missed winding and a later meadow‑fire mishap with Jesry, he accepted penances assigned by the Warden Regulant.
• Participates in instruction under senior teachers; during a rigorous review of the iconographies led by Grandsuur Tamura, he offered succinct observations noted by the class.
• During the opening, he and Fraa Arsibalt were attacked outside the walls by a group that circled them in a vehicle; Lio sustained visible injuries and later answered questions from a warden before returning to help with Provener.
• Perfected a new wrap for his cowl so that it could not be yanked down to blind him; he and peers tried, without success, to pull it over his face.
• Sought chances to test his gear outside the walls; later accompanied acquaintances to an abandoned quarry to fire projectile weapons at his bolt and sphere. Bullets passed through the bolt’s weave leaving stretchable gaps, broad‑headed arrows cut fibers and left irreparable holes, and the sphere deformed to blunt and trail the impact. His verdict was that the sphere could help against gunfire by reducing fragmentation and enabling the bullet to be drawn back out.
• During the opening, he was seen cavorting around a statue of Saunt Froga on the meadow, flinging the end of his bolt over the statue’s head and snapping it back like a whip while visitors watched and recorded.
• During Tenth Night in the meadow, he slipped away from a tense exchange and encountered four uniformed visitors; using vlor with his bolt as a flexible tool, he swiftly disabled three without lethal force before a fourth’s weapon was neutralized when his spine‑clamp triggered. The Wardens responded on the scene; the Warden Fendant regarded the failure to alert others as an overlookable offense, while the Warden Regulant warned that brawling during Apert could merit severe sanction.
• Proposes and organizes a long‑term avocation in the meadow: a living re‑enactment of the Battle of Trantae carried out by allowing invasive plants from the riverbank to advance into clover as analogs of cavalry, infantry, and trees; he recruits Erasmas to record progress from a fixed vantage and gathers aggressive specimens (such as starblossom) to seed the lines.
• Before a major aut, discreetly guides Erasmas to a concealed storage locker in the Regulant muster room so he can avoid pre‑aut sweeps and later reach the upper levels; Lio remarks he had prepared such opportunities in advance.
• In a later discussion by the fire, contributes applied orbital‑mechanics lore (for example, that plane‑change maneuvers are costly) drawn from Praxic‑age readings on space warfare, and volunteers to retrieve a stashed photomnemonic tablet from above when needed.

Relationships

• Long‑standing peer of Fraa Erasmas within the Tenners; they work together on duties and ceremonies.
• Frequent collaborator with Fraa Jesry on routine tasks and the winding team.
• Teammate and companion of Fraa Arsibalt; the two were set upon together while walking outside the walls and then supported each other through the subsequent rite and questioning.
• Begins working under Fraa Delrakhones in the Warden Fendant’s court as part of his internship after Eliger.

Descriptions/Characteristics

Lio is solidly built and sometimes nicknamed "Thistlehead." He is physically demonstrative—capable of unbalancing or immobilizing a peer with a deft hold—and quick to steady a friend when needed. He habitually reaches for terms from Vale-Lore ("vlor") to frame situations, though he judged that such lore proved “useless” in the face of the street attack. After that assault, he bore a puffy, bleeding lip and bruising around one eye yet still pushed hard at Provener. He shows a tinkerer’s streak and pride in practical fixes (e.g., improving his wrap), and he is willing to subject his own gear to hard empirical tests. Soon after Eliger he appears with a freshly shaved head and a more formal, duty‑focused bearing.

He also shows whimsical creativity and patience in planning the meadow “weed war” project and an interest in gardening as an avocation. He favors prepared contingencies—quietly arranging opportunities in advance—and he draws on praxic readings when useful, including rules‑of‑thumb about satellites and maneuver costs.

Current Status/Location

Affiliated with the Order of the New Circle and undertaking an internship in the Warden Fendant’s court. He is seen moving between the Regulant and Fendant courts and remains active in communal duties within the Mynster. He is preparing and documenting the meadow re‑enactment project and continues to assist peers as needed.